cybersecurity

Ghosts in the Machine: The Rise of Hidden AI on Social Media

Earlier today, I found myself scrolling through my X feed when I encountered a peculiar reply.

Mar 6 •

America's Cyber Surrender

How the United States is Abandoning its Digital Defenses

Mar 3 •

How Private Industry Inherited the Intelligence Community's Toolkit—and Why Quantum Computing Will Shatter It

Note: Timeline estimates in this article are speculative projections that could shift dramatically based on advances or setbacks in quantum computing…

Nov 26, 2024 •

Letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris: November 25, 2024

Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris,

Nov 25, 2024 •

CTI League in the Crossfire: Navigating Disinfo Campaigns Targeting Anti-Disinfo Efforts

(Clapping back at Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger's bullshit)

Jan 2, 2024 •

Conference Keynote: "Psychologically-Motivated Threat Actors" at OWASP AppSec D.C. 2023

Six months of research in one hour.

Nov 24, 2023 •

Reprint: "Security in an Era of Coercive Cyber Attacks"

#IncidentResponse #Consulting

Oct 16, 2023 •

A Threat Matrix for Socially Motivated Cybercriminals/iPredopaths

A starter framework towards addressing the types of persistent threats which are often incubated within toxic Internet cultures such as Kiwi Farms.

Aug 31, 2023 •

Sham Signal App Tied to China Raises Alarms

You're using your smartphone, scrolling through your favorite apps, sending messages, and staying connected. But what if some of those innocent-looking…

Aug 30, 2023 •

Cloudflare: Cybersecurity, or Complicity?

TL;DR It's both.

Aug 28, 2023 •

EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes

When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it…

Aug 16, 2023 •

Reprint: "Buying In" to the Information Security Industry

My first-ever piece of Internet content dating back to October 2011

Aug 10, 2023 •

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